JP6196401B1 - Device for discharging the sphere intermittently - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide an intermittent discharging method capable of continuously discharging a sphere at regular time intervals without using a motor or a sensor. As an intermittent discharge method capable of regularly discharging a large number of stored spheres 1 at a predetermined interval, a discharge control balance 4 having a central portion supported by a hinge 4a is provided, thereby providing a continuous discharge. The apparatus which enables intermittent discharge | emission by putting in order and discharging many spheres 1 discharged | emitted one by one on the discharge part 4c of the said discharge control balance 4 one by one. This device makes it possible to adjust the intermittent time to be long or short. [Selection] Figure 3

Description

The present invention relates to an apparatus for intermittently and continuously discharging a sphere such as a marble in a toy.

Conventionally, when a motor or an electronic sensor or the like is not used as a device for discharging a sphere stored in a toy, a device for continuously discharging is used for a toy (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Devices that discharge intermittently, i.e. intermittently, at regular intervals are rarely used. The creation of a new toy can be expected if there is a method that can be discharged intermittently with a set regular interval.

Utility Kaihei 6-31790

  It is an object of the present invention to provide an intermittent discharging method capable of continuously discharging a large number of stored spheres such as marbles at regular time intervals.

  In order to solve the problem, an apparatus capable of regularly and continuously discharging a large number of stored spheres has been devised. With this device, the discharged sphere can be used as a power source, and various new toys can be realized.

FIG. 1 shows an apparatus for continuously discharging spheres 1 and is composed of a storage box 2 for storing a large number of spheres 1 and a storage box ramp 3 continuous therewith. The spheres 1 following the preceding spheres 1 that have come out of the storage box 2 to the storage box ramp 3 are continuously discharged from the discharge section of the rolling ramp 3 in a row. When an acoustic plate is placed below the discharge part, the sphere 1 hits and a continuous sound “pan-pan-pan” is generated.

FIG. 2 shows an apparatus for discharging the sphere 1 intermittently at short intervals in time, and a discharge control balance for receiving and discharging the storage box 2, the storage box ramp 3 continuous with the storage box 2, and the sphere 1 discharged from the storage box ramp 3. 4 and a ball stop bar 5. The discharge control balance 4 has a balance structure, a central portion is supported by a hinge 4a, a weight 4b is attached to an outer end portion, and a stopper 6 for keeping the discharge control balance 4 horizontal is fixed below the balance 4b. Yes. The sphere 1 is discharged from the inner end of the discharge control balance 4. Inside the discharge control balance 4, a gate-shaped ball stopper bar 5 is fixed vertically so as to straddle the discharge control balance 4. The cross section of the discharge control balance 4 is concave and forms a groove.

When the spheres 1 coming out of the storage box 2 roll in a row and the preceding sphere 1 falls from the storage box ramp 3 to the discharge control balance 4 (see FIG. 2a), the inside of the discharge control balance 4 of the balance structure is lowered and discharged. The ball 1 which the ball stop bar 5 fixed to the control balance 4 tilts and stops is stopped on the storage box ramp 3 (see FIG. 2b). When the preceding sphere 1 that has fallen is discharged from the discharge control balance 4, the discharge control balance 4 is restored to its original state by the weight 4b, becomes horizontal, the ball stopper bar 5 also becomes vertical, and stops on the storage box slant 3 The succeeding sphere 1 that has been dropped falls on the discharge control balance 4 and is discharged. In this way, intermittent discharge of the sphere 1 with a short time interval is repeated. When the acoustic board that receives the sphere 1 is placed under the discharge control balance 4, an intermittent sound "pan-pan-pan" is generated.

In the method of FIG. 2, the intermittent time during which the sphere 1 is discharged is the time for the sphere 1 to roll the discharge control balance 4. In order to lengthen the intermittent time, it is necessary to lengthen the inside of the discharge control balance 4 or slow down the rolling speed of the sphere 1, but it is often not easy to cope with an actual toy.

The method of FIG. 3 has a longer intermittent time by providing a discharge part above and a working part below the characteristic of FIG. 2 that the intermittent time to discharge is short, and the intermittent time is within that time. It is a device that can be freely set. The structure of the apparatus and the discharging method will be described below.

There is an upper discharge control balance 4 supported by a hinge structure and an operation part 9 located below the upper balance, and the inner part of the discharge control balance 4 stores and discharges only one sphere 1 in the discharge storage space 4c. It is like that. The upper discharge storage space 4 c and the lower operation portion 9 are connected by a hanging strap 7. Further, the upper discharge storage space 4c and the lower operation portion 9 are connected by a multi-stage circuit such as a ramp 8 or a spiral cylindrical tube, and the sphere 1 discharged from the upper discharge storage space 4c is formed. The lower working part 9 can be reached.

The spheres 1 pushed out from the upper storage box 2 are lined up on the storage box ramp 3 and rolled, and the preceding preceding sphere 1 is moved to the discharge storage space 4c of the discharge control balance 4 and stopped and stored. The following sphere 1 collides with the preceding sphere 1 stored in the discharge storage space 4c and is stopped on the storage box ramp 3. Even when the sphere 1 is placed in the discharge storage space 4c, the discharge control balance 4 is still kept horizontal by the weight 4b and the stopper 6 at the outer end of the discharge control balance 4. A ball stopper bar 5 is provided in the discharge storage space 4c. Below the discharge storage space 4c, there is a receiving portion of the uppermost ramp 8 to receive the sphere 1 discharged from the discharge storage space 4c.

The operating part 9 is supported at its outer end by a hinge 9a, and at its inner end, a receiving space 9c for receiving the sphere 1 partitioned by a partition plate 9b is provided. The receiving space 9c is connected to the upper discharge storage space 4c by the hanging strap 7, and the weight of the weight 4b attached to the outer end of the discharge control balance 4 and the length of the hanging strap 7 so that the operating portion 9 is kept horizontal. Is determined. The upper discharge storage space 4c and the receiving space 9c of the actuating portion 9 have the same behavior in the vertical direction due to the hanging strap 7, and the respective spaces are simultaneously lowered and inclined, and simultaneously raised and leveled. A discharge portion of the lowermost ramp 8 is provided immediately above the receiving space 9 c of the operating portion 9.

With the structure of FIG. 3 described above, intermittent discharge of the sphere 1 is performed as follows. A large number of spheres 1 stored in the upper storage box 2 are sent out from the storage box 2, roll in a row on the storage box ramp 3, and the preceding preceding sphere 1 is discharged into the discharge storage space 4c of the discharge control balance 4.・ Stored. The discharge control balance 4 does not move with the weight of one preceding sphere 1, and the discharged and stored preceding sphere 1 remains in the discharge storage space 4c as it is. The following sphere 1 collides with the preceding sphere 1 and is stopped on the storage box ramp 3 (see FIG. 3a).

The intermittent continuous discharge of the sphere 1 starts by artificially putting another sphere 1 in the middle of the ramp 8. When another charged sphere 1 rolls on the ramp 8 and falls into the receiving space 9c of the operating portion 9, the sphere 1 in the upper storage space 4c connected by the hanging strap 7 and the receiving space 9c of the lower operating portion 9 is shown. The weight 4b is lifted, and the upper and lower spaces 4c and 9c are lowered simultaneously. As the discharge storage space 4c is lowered, the ball stopper bar 5 of the discharge control balance 4 is tilted to block the tip of the storage box ramp 3 to stop the sphere 1 on the storage box ramp 3 and to be stored in the discharge storage space 4c. The preceding sphere 1 and the other sphere 1 thrown in the middle from the receiving space 9c are discharged (see FIG. 3b). When discharged, due to the weight of the weight 4b attached to the outer end of the discharge control balance 4, the operating portion 9 and the discharge control balance 4 return to the original horizontal state, and the ball stopper bar 5 is also returned to the vertical state. The sphere 1 was released and stored in the discharge storage space 4c (see FIG. 3a).

The leading sphere 1 discharged from the discharge control balance 4 rolls from the uppermost ramp 8 to the lowermost ramp 8 via the intermediate ramp and falls into the receiving space 9c of the operating unit 9. Simultaneously with the fall, the discharge control balance 4 and the inner end of the operating portion 9 are lowered, and the sphere 1 is discharged from the space between the two. In this way, intermittent discharge from the discharge control balance 4 and the operation unit 9 starts. When the storage box 2 in which the sphere 1 is stored becomes empty, the sphere 1 stored in the lower storage box 10 is manually returned to the storage box 2, and intermittent discharge is repeated. When an acoustic board that receives the sphere 1 is placed under the receiving space 9c, an intermittent sound such as “bread-bread-bread” like a lion threat by water can be generated.

The intermittent time according to FIG. 3 is the time until the sphere 1 reaches the lower working part 9 from the upper discharge control balance 4, but before the sphere 1 reaches the working part 9, the receiving space 9 c of the working part 9 is reduced. When it is artificially pushed down for a moment, a new sphere 1 is discharged from the discharge control balance 4 and two spheres roll on the ramp 8. With two spheres, the discharge interval is shortened to about half and the intermittent time is about half. When the operating unit 9 is further pushed down, the discharge interval is further shortened.

By the discharging method according to the present invention, it is possible to make a toy that operates for a long time by using the spheres 1 whose quantity is limited by intermittently discharging the spheres 1.

It is explanatory drawing of a continuous discharge apparatus. It is explanatory drawing of the intermittent discharge apparatus with a short time interval using a continuous discharge apparatus. It is explanatory drawing of the intermittent discharge method with a long time interval using a continuous discharge apparatus. It is a whole side view of an Example. It is explanatory drawing of the upper storage box part of an Example. It is a perspective view explaining the discharge control balance part of an Example. It is center sectional drawing of the discharge control balance part of an Example. It is sectional drawing explaining the function of the discharge control balance of an Example.

With reference to FIG. 4 to FIG. 8, a gittan bacon toy that operates with the sphere 1 discharged using the present method of discharging the sphere 1 intermittently will be described. FIG. 4 is an overall side view of the gittan bacon toy. FIG. 5 shows a plan view and FIG. 5b shows a cross section of the upper storage box 13 portion. FIG. 6 is a perspective view for explaining the discharge control balance 30 portion.

As shown in FIG. 4, two central plates 12 that are paired with the central portion of the rectangular pedestal 11 are vertically fixed to the near side and the far side. The peripheral edge of the pedestal 11 is surrounded by a tall enclosure 11 a so that the sphere 1 does not roll off the pedestal 11. As shown in FIG. 5, an upper storage box 13 that can store a large number of spheres 1 is provided at the top of the two central plates 12, and a surrounding oblique path 14 that is inclined downward is provided around the upper storage box 13. Yes. A large number of spheres 1 stored in the upper storage box 13 and the surrounding ramp 14 are discharged from the surrounding ramp 14 and fall into the discharge storage space 30 c of the discharge control balance 30. The discharge control balance 30 is installed at a right angle to the seesaw horizontal member 15 (see FIG. 6).

As shown in FIG. 7, the discharge control balance 30 has a balance structure with a hinge at the center, and is supported by a hinge bar 30a provided on the center plate 12 on the back side. A balance weight 30 b is attached to the outer end of the discharge control balance 30. A plurality of lead chips overlaid as the balance weight 30b are used. A discharge storage space 30 c that can store one sphere 1 is provided at the inner end of the discharge control balance 30. The tip of the discharge storage space 30c is positioned on the lower surface of the peripheral ramp 14 so that the tip of the discharge storage space 30c does not jump up, and the level of the discharge control balance 30 is maintained.

A gate-shaped ball stopper 32 having a gate shape straddles the discharge storage space 30c and is fixed vertically to the discharge storage space 30c. FIG. 8 is a side view of the discharge control balance 30, FIG. 8a shows a state when the discharge control balance 30 is horizontal, and FIG. 8b shows a time when the discharge control balance 30 is tilted and the discharge storage space 30c is lowered. The gate-type ball stopper 32 functions to pass the sphere 1 of the surrounding ramp 14 when the discharge control balance 30 is horizontal (see FIG. 8a), and to contact the sphere 1 and prevent it from passing when the discharge storage space 30c is lowered. (See FIG. 8b). The sphere 1 discharged from the discharge control balance 30 is received by the short ramp 31, rolls along the short ramp 31, and is discharged to the center of the seesaw horizontal member 15 (see FIGS. 6, 7, and 8).

The seesaw horizontal member 15 has a so-called Yajirobei structure. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, a center vertical member 16 is provided at the center of the seesaw horizontal member 15, and the lower part of the central vertical member 16 is opposed to the lower part. Are fixed by hinge rods 17 spanned between the two central plates 12. The cross section of the seesaw horizontal member 15 is concave and the sphere 1 can roll without jumping out. In this embodiment, the cross section of the ramp on which the sphere 1 rolls is concave.

As shown in FIG. 4, end vertical members 18 are fixed at right angles to both ends of the seesaw horizontal member 15, and the right end vertical member 18 has a three-stage projecting ramp 19, which is at the bottom. The discharge part of the projecting ramp 19 moves up and down above the widened part of the upper straight ramp 21. The length of the end vertical member 18 is such that the lower end of the end vertical member 18 is below the hinge bar 17 of the seesaw horizontal member 15, and gives a great restoring force to the seesaw horizontal member 15. Vertical weights 20 are attached to the lower ends of the end vertical members 18 at both ends, and the weights of the vertical weights 20 at both ends are adjusted so that the left and right rotational moments are the same, so that the seesaw horizontal member 15 is kept horizontal. ing. The vertical weight 20 uses a plurality of superimposed lead chips.

The straight ramp 21 has a concave cross section and is composed of an upper stage, a middle stage, and a lower stage, and is fixed by four vertical support members 25 fixed vertically to the pedestal 11 and a central plate 12 on the front side. The discharge portion of the lower straight ramp 21 is set on the receiving space 22 a of the lower operation portion 22.

One end of the lower operating portion 22 is hinged to a round bar 23 that spans the two central plates 12 that form a pair. Therefore, the lower operation unit 22 is not parallel to the upper discharge control balance 30 but is installed at an angle of 90 degrees. A receiving space 22a for receiving the sphere 1 is provided at the other end of the lower operating portion 22, and is connected to an upper discharge control balance 30 by a hanging strap 24, and the receiving space 22a is suspended in a horizontal state (FIG. 4). FIG. 7).

The seesaw horizontal member 15 whose left and right are alternately moved up and down by the intermittently discharged sphere 1 will be described below. The spheres 1 stored in the upper storage box 13 form a row and roll on the surrounding oblique path 14, and the preceding sphere 1 moves to the discharge storage space 30 c of the discharge control balance 30 and stops. The next sphere 1 following the preceding sphere 1 collides with the preceding sphere 1 and stops on the surrounding ramp 14, followed by a row of spheres 1 (see FIGS. 5, 7, and 8 a).

The start of the gittan bacon in which the right and left of the seesaw horizontal member 15 alternately move up and down starts by artificially putting another sphere 1 into the upper straight slope 21 shown in FIG. The thrown sphere 1 rolls on the upper straight ramp 21 and falls onto the middle straight ramp 21 and finally falls from the tip of the lower straight ramp 21 into the receiving space 22a of the lower operation unit 22. The weight of the sphere 1 dropped in the receiving space 22a and the weight of the preceding sphere 1 stored in the discharge storage space 30c are added together by the hanging strap 24 (see FIGS. 4 and 7), so that the balance weight of the discharge control balance 30 is obtained. 30b is lifted, the discharge storage space 30c and the receiving space 22a are lowered, and the sphere 1 is discharged from both the spaces 30c and 22a (see FIG. 8b). The preceding sphere 1 discharged from the discharge storage space 30c falls on the short ramp 31 immediately below.

When the upper discharge storage space 30c and the lower receiving space 22a are emptied, the discharge control balance 30 and the lower operation unit 22 are returned to the original horizontal state by the weight of the balance weight 30b of the discharge control balance 30, and the discharge storage A new sphere 1 is supplied and stored in the space 30c from the surrounding ramp 14 (see FIG. 8a).

The preceding sphere 1 that has fallen on the short ramp 31 is discharged to the center of the seesaw horizontal member 15 and rolls on the right side of the seesaw horizontal member 15 by the downwardly inclined slope 33 (see FIG. 6) attached to the center. It is dropped on the projecting ramp 19, is repeatedly rolled and dropped, is discharged from the lowermost projecting ramp 19, and falls on the upper straight ramp 21. The seesaw horizontal member 15 is once tilted to the right due to the weight of the sphere 1, but is restored by the Yashiro Hyobe structure of the seesaw horizontal member 15. After the sphere 1 is discharged from the projecting ramp 19, the free guttatan bacon is repeated 3 to 4 times without the sphere 1 (see the one-dot chain line in FIG. 4).

When the preceding sphere 1 falls from the straight ramp 21 to the receiving space 22a of the lower operating portion 22, the upper discharge storage space 30c connected by the hanging strap 24 and the lower receiving space 22a are lowered and the sphere 1 is discharged from both. . The sphere 1 discharged from the discharge storage space 30 c passes through the short ramp 31, rolls the seesaw horizontal member 15, and is discharged from the protruding ramp 19. The amplitude of the seesaw horizontal member 15 whose amplitude has been reduced by the rolling of the sphere 1 is increased again, and the gittan bacon is continued. Thus, the gittan buckon continues until the sphere 1 stored in the upper storage box 13 and the surrounding ramp 14 disappears. The sphere 1 discharged from the lower operation unit 22 rolls on the slope 11b provided on the base 11 and is stored in the lower storage box 26 placed at the left corner of the base 11 (see FIG. 4).

The intermittent time in which the sphere 1 of the present embodiment is discharged is the time for the sphere 1 to reach the lower operation unit 22 from the discharge control balance 30. If the linear ramp 21 of this embodiment is replaced with, for example, a spiral circuit or the like to make the moving distance longer, or if the speed at which the sphere 1 rolls on the ramp is slowed, the intermittent time can be lengthened freely. The number of gittanbucons increases, and a small number of spheres 1 can be used for a long time.

On the contrary, in order to enjoy the speed by shortening the intermittent time, if the receiving space 22a of the lower operation unit 22 is artificially pushed for a moment while the sphere 1 is rolling on the straight ramp 21, the discharge control balance 30 is removed. The sphere 1 is discharged, and two spheres roll between the circuit of the discharge control balance 30 and the lower operation part 22, and the intermittent time is halved. Increasing the depressing moment decreases the intermittent time.

1: Sphere 2: Sphere Storage Box 3: Storage Box Ramp 4: Discharge Control Balance 4a: Discharge Control Balance Hinge 4b: Discharge Control Balance Weight 4c: Discharge Control Balance Discharge Storage Space 5: Ball Stop Bar 6: Outer end stopper of discharge control balance 7: Suspension string 8: Slope 9: Actuator 9a: Actuator hinge 9b: Actuator partition plate 9c: Actuator receiving space 10: Lower storage box 11: Example 1 Pedestal 11a: pedestal enclosure 11b of the first embodiment: pedestal slope 12: center plate 13 paired with the first embodiment 13: upper storage box 14 of the first embodiment: peripheral ramp 15 of the first embodiment: of the first embodiment Seesaw horizontal member 16: center vertical member 17 of the seesaw horizontal member of Example 1: hinge rod 18 of Example 1: end vertical member 19 of Example 1: projecting ramp 20 of Example 1: vertical weight of Example 1 21: Straight ramp 22 of the first embodiment 22: Lower working part of the first embodiment 22a: Receiving space 23 of the lower working part of the first embodiment 23: Round bar for hinges of the lower working part of the first embodiment 24: Hanging strap 25 of the first embodiment 25: Vertical support member 26 of the first embodiment 26: Lower part of the first embodiment Storage box 30: discharge control balance 30a of the first embodiment: hinge 30b of the discharge control balance of the first embodiment: balance balance 30c of the discharge control balance of the first embodiment: storage space 31 for discharge of the discharge control balance of the first embodiment: Short ramp 32 according to the first embodiment: the gate-type ball stopper 33 according to the first embodiment: the downward sloping ramp according to the first embodiment.

Claims (6)

An apparatus for intermittently discharging spheres, the spheres having a ramp that rolls in a row, and having a discharge device that takes out the spheres one by one from the ramp and discharging them, A discharge control balance supported by a hinge, the inside of the balance being positioned below the ramp, and a discharge portion that receives and descends the sphere from the ramp, and the outside of the balance is the discharge portion Is a weight portion that raises the discharge portion after discharging the received sphere, and the discharge control balance opens the tip of the ramp and passes through the sphere at the head of the ramp when the discharge portion is raised. And an open / close device that closes a tip of the ramp and stops the sphere at the top of the ramp when the discharge portion is lowered. An apparatus for intermittently discharging spheres, the spheres having a ramp that rolls in a row, and having a discharge device that takes out the spheres one by one from the ramp and discharging them, Is a discharge control balance supported by a hinge, and the inside of the balance is located below the ramp, and when it is lifted, it receives only one sphere from the ramp and temporarily holds it, and is driven by the lower working unit. A discharge part for lowering and discharging the sphere, and the outside of the discharge control balance is a weight part for raising the discharge part after the discharge part is lowered and the received sphere is discharged, and the discharge control balance When the discharge portion is raised, the leading end of the ramp is opened to allow the leading sphere of the ramp to pass, and when the discharge portion is lowered, the leading end of the ramp is closed and the leading end of the ramp is closed. Opening and closing device for stopping the sphere And a discharge circuit is formed below the discharge circuit, and an operation unit is provided below the discharge circuit. When the sphere moving through the discharge circuit reaches the operation unit, the operation unit is The lower sphere is discharged and the sphere is discharged, and the upper discharge portion is also driven by the operation portion to lower and discharge the sphere that has been received and held, and the empty discharge portion and the operation portion are An intermittent discharge device for a sphere, which is raised by a weight portion and returns to its original position. The outside of the operating part is supported by a hinge, and the inside of the operating part is suspended horizontally by the discharge part of the upper discharge control balance and a hanging strap, and the sphere discharged from the discharge part arrives. 3. The operation unit according to claim 2, wherein when the operation unit is lowered, the discharge unit is pulled down by the suspension strap, and when the discharge unit is raised by the weight unit, the operation unit is lifted horizontally by the suspension strap. Sphere intermittent discharge device. The discharge circuit in which the sphere moves from the discharge unit of the discharge control balance to the operation unit is a multistage ramp circuit, a spiral circuit, a zigzag circuit, etc. By increasing the moving distance, or by slowing down the rolling speed of the sphere and increasing the time to reach the operating part from the discharge part, the intermittent time for discharging the sphere can be extended. The intermittent discharging device for a sphere according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that The sphere discharged from the discharge unit and rolling around the discharge circuit artificially pushes down the operation unit momentarily before reaching the operation unit, thereby shortening the intermittent time for discharging the sphere. The intermittent discharging device for a sphere according to claim 2, 3 or 4.
As the opening / closing device, a gate-shaped gate-shaped member is fixed at a right angle across the discharge portion, and when the discharge portion is in a horizontal state, the top of the gate-shaped member is positioned higher than the sphere rolling on the ramp. 3. When the discharge part is inclined downward, the forwardly inclined top part of the gate-shaped member contacts at least the upper part of the sphere on the sloping road and stops the progress of the sphere. The intermittent discharge device for a sphere according to claim 3, claim 4, or claim 5.